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Five-letter words matching __A_L

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Showing 42 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

42 matching words2 not previously used16 past answers

Position 1S 38%B 7%C 7%D 7%

Position 2R 31%H 10%N 10%P 10%

Position 4I 33%W 19%L 17%R 12%

18 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, FRAIL produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess FRAIL

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, P, Q, S, T·2nd letter: E, H, L, M, N, R, T, U, V·4th letter: I, L, R, W

Possible answers

AVAIL BRAWL CRAWL DRAWL EMAIL FLAIL FRAIL GRAIL PEARL QUAIL SHALL SHAWL

6 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

AVAIL used BRAWL possible CRAWL used DRAWL possible EMAIL used FLAIL used FRAIL used GRAIL used PEARL used QUAIL used SHALL used SHAWL used SMALL used SNAIL used SNARL used STALL used TRAIL used TRAWL used BBALL guess BRAIL guess CHAWL guess CRAAL guess DRAIL guess DWAAL guess GNARL guess GRAAL guess KNARL guess KRAAL guess MIAUL guess MYALL guess QUARL guess SCAIL guess SCALL guess SHAUL guess SKAIL guess SPAIL guess SPALL guess SPAUL guess SPAWL guess SWAIL guess SWAYL guess WRAWL guess

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: TRAIL of the 42 words here

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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R 43% S 38% I 36% W 26% C 12% P 12%

Words with five different letters

67% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRAWL CRAWL DRAWL EMAIL FRAIL

Common letter pairs

AI 14/42 words (33%) IL 14/42 words (33%) RA 13/42 words (31%) AL 11/42 words (26%) AW 8/42 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 45% · two: 45% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __A_L?: 42 five-letter words match __A_L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 18 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TRAIL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.6 bits against the possible answers.

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